"Essays, etc"--Dust jacket. Dentists without borders -- Attaboy -- Think differenter -- Memory laps -- A friend in the ghetto -- Loggerheads -- If I ruled the world -- Easy, tiger -- Laugh, Kookaburra -- Standing still -- Just a quick e-mail -- A guy walks into a bar car -- Author, author -- Obama!!!!! -- Standing by -- I break for traditional marriage -- Understanding understanding owls -- #2 to go -- Health-care freedoms and why I want my country back -- Now hiring friendly people -- Rubbish -- Day in, day out -- Mind the gap -- A cold case -- The happy place -- Dog days. From the perils of French dentistry to the eating habits of the Australian kookaburra, from the squat-style toilets of Beijing to the particular wilderness of a North Carolina Costco, we learn about the absurdity and delight of a curious traveler's experiences. Whether railing against the habits of litterers in the English countryside or marveling over a disembodied human arm in a taxidermist's shop, Sedaris takes us on side-splitting adventures that are not to be forgotten.

Reviews and Notes

From here the story could take many turns. When this guy is David Sedaris, the possibilities are endless, but the result is always the same: he will both delight you with twists of humor and intelligence and leave you deeply moved.

Sedaris remembers his father's dinnertime attire (shirtsleeves and underpants), his first colonoscopy (remarkably pleasant), and the time he considered buying the skeleton of a murdered Pygmy.

With Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls , David Sedaris shows once again why his work has been called "hilarious, elegant, and surprisingly moving" ( Washington Post ).

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